Death of a Pilgrim
Artist: Felix-Joseph Barrias (French, 1822-1907)
Date: 1887
Dimensions:
H: 25 5/8 in. (65.1 cm); W: 40 1/8 in. (101.9 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1977.38
Label Text:The ominous presence of carrion crows leads our eye to the young pilgrim who has just died in the doorway of a shrine in the bleak winter landscape of the Roman countryside. Félix-Joseph Barrias, who gave Edgar Degas his early artistic training, was best known for his murals and large canvases of historical, mythological, or medieval subjects. This quietly disturbing meditation on death and faith shows a more intimate, personal aspect of his painting.
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